Intern Nation: How to Earn Nothing and Learn Little in the Brave New EconomyMillions of young people—and increasingly some not-so-young people—now work as interns. They famously shuttle coffee in a thousand magazine offices, legislative backrooms, and Hollywood studios, but they also deliver aid in Afghanistan, map the human genome, and pick up garbage. Intern Nation is the first exposé of the exploitative world of internships. In this witty, astonishing, and serious investigative work, Ross Perlin profiles fellow interns, talks to academics and professionals about what unleashed this phenomenon, and explains why the intern boom is perverting workplace practices around the world. The hardcover publication of this book precipitated a torrent of media coverage in the US and UK, and Perlin has added an entirely new afterword describing the growing focus on this woefully underreported story. Insightful and humorous, Intern Nation will transform the way we think about the culture of work. |
Contents
The Happiest Interns in the World | 1 |
The Explosion | 23 |
Learning From Apprenticeships | 43 |
A Lawsuit Waiting to Happen | 61 |
Cheerleaders on Campus | 83 |
No Fee for Service | 99 |
The Economics of Internships | 123 |
Futures Market | 145 |
The Rise and Rebellion of the Global Intern | 185 |
Nothing to Lose but Your Cubicles | 203 |
Afterword to the Paperback Edition | 225 |
Notes | 235 |
Intern Bill of Rights | 249 |
Internships and the Law | 251 |
Acknowledgments | 255 |
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Intern Nation: How to Earn Nothing and Learn Little in the Brave New Economy Ross Perlin Limited preview - 2011 |
Intern Nation: How to Earn Nothing and Learn Little in the Brave New Economy Ross Perlin Limited preview - 2012 |
Intern Nation: How to Earn Nothing and Learn Little in the Brave New Economy Ross Perlin No preview available - 2012 |
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